Judge Says He’ll only Stay Work on Enbridge Line 5 Reroute if Appeal Is Likely to Succeed

Judge hears requests to halt Line 5 construction

A Bayfield County judge is weighing whether the Bad River tribe and environmental groups face irreversible harm if Enbridge continues building a new stretch of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline around the tribe’s reservation. The tribe and environmental groups are seeking review of the state’s decision to issue permits for the project after an administrative law judge upheld state approvals in February. On Thursday, Bayfield County Circuit Court J…

Could work on Enbridge's Line 5 reroute come to a halt? Here's what to know.

A Bayfield County judge is weighing whether the Bad River tribe and environmental groups face irreversible harm if Enbridge continues building a new stretch of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline around the tribe's reservation. The post Could work on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute come to a halt? Here’s what to know. appeared first on WPR.

Judge says he’ll only stay work on Enbridge Line 5 reroute if appeal is likely to succeed

During a nearly four-hour hearing Thursday at the Bayfield County Courthouse in the city of Washburn, Wisconsin, Iron County Circuit Judge John Anderson consistently pressed lawyers petitioning for and against a stay or stoppage of work to reroute the Enbridge…

As construction continues, judge weighs whether to halt Enbridge Line 5 reroute

A Bayfield County judge declined to rule Thursday on whether to halt construction of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline reroute, taking the matter under advisement after over three hours of arguments in a packed Bayfield County courtroom.

Line 5 project will be safe and protect our environment

A Wisconsin DNR attorney testified during the contested case that the Line 5 relocation is the most studied project in the agency’s history.